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Next Generation Squad Weapon and Optic Exceed Soldiers' Expectations
The first soldiers to field the Army's newest rifle and automatic rifle began live-fire training with the weapons this week, including...
04/19/24Read it on Army Times
The Army Needs a Data Logistics Discipline Before the Next Surge
On October 12, Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced a “manufacturing rodeo” that will “strain” and “stress-test” the Army’s organic industrial base supply chain to “see where it breaks.” Days later, Army Materiel Command acknowledged it is still tracing suppliers to raw materials ahead of a January 2027 ban on adversary minerals. Yet it has no comparable map of the data dependencies its depots need to fix what breaks, a gap the Army will pay for the first time it has to surge.
The Army Needs a Data Logistics Discipline Before the Next Surge
The industrial base has grown brittle from a generation of optimizing for peacetime efficiency, and compute sized for peacetime reporting rebuilds...
2h agoRead it on RealClearDefenseA Breach in the Army’s Engineer Priorities
Future combat will require simultaneous engineer support for movement and protection....
2h agoRead it on Small Wars JournalU.S. Soldier Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage Linked to Russia
LONDON (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army assigned to a NATO unit was arrested Tuesday in England on suspicion of espionage related to Russia,...
2h agoRead it on Associated PressIt’s Time to Debate How the Army Fights
No matter the shifts in strategic context, the focus on the offense remains....
2h agoRead it onU.S. Army Prepares for High-Intensity Jungle Warfare in the Pacific
The U.S. Army is bringing greater firepower to Pacific jungle warfare with SIG Sauer’s M250 6.8mm machine gun,...
2h agoRead it on Global Defense News
U.S. Soldier Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage Linked to Russia
LONDON (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army assigned to a NATO unit was arrested Tuesday in England on suspicion of espionage related to Russia, counterterror police and other officials said. The arrest comes during heightened concern over threats to American forces stationed in Britain and tension between Moscow and much of Europe.
The 41-year-old man, who was not named, was arrested near Gloucester on suspicion of violating two sections of the National Security Act 2023: assisting a foreign intelligence service and obtaining or disclosing protected information.
The Army Is Connecting Its Apps. Who Authorizes Their Actions?
In October 2026, the Army announced initial application contract awards for I Corps, moving NGC2 beyond division-level prototyping toward a larger...
2d agoRead it on Modern War InstituteArmy’s New MALET Kit That Turns Mortars Into Drone-Dropped Weapons
The clip-on kit is designed to give soldiers a convenient way to rapidly turn existing mortars into small bombs for drones....
4d agoRead it on The WarZoneHow the Army Fights a Maritime War in the Pacific
The Army has new operational warfighting guidance. General Christopher LaNeve’s How the Army Fights organizes landpower around four interdependent...
5d agoRead it on Modern War Institute
The Gulf of Finland’s Forgotten Islands
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
NATO’s New Spending Pledge Must Buy Real Energy Resilience
By Chuck Dockery • RealClearDefense
The Army Needs a Data Logistics Discipline Before the Next Surge
By Steve Ferenzi • RealClearDefense
2949 Marine Prisoners, Hostages, and Peacetime Governmental Detainees Since Our Corps' Founding
By Jon Couch • RealClearDefense
America Must Win the Biotech Race Against China
By Rob Maness • RealClearDefense
U.S. Air Force To Arm C-17 Cargo Aircraft With Cruise Missiles
By C. Jones, Defence Blog
How Marine Vet Ernest Langdon Became a Renowned Shooter & Gunsmith
By WATM
In First, Two CCAs Fly Air Combat Maneuvers Using Autonomy Software
By A&SF
Space Force Launches Mission Operations Center
By Jon Harper, DefenseScoop
Pentagon Mulls Placing Fleet of Military Satellites Around the Moon
By Ars Technica